cell
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Cell
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaMaterial/
SubClass Of: bfo:object
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › bfo:object › cell
Direct subclasses:
Definition
object of anatomical origin (part of or deriving from an organism) that has as its parts a maximally connected cell compartment surrounded by a plasma membrane
Explanatory Notes
1) From CL term: The definition of cell is intended to represent all cells, and thus a cell is defined as a material entity and not an anatomical structure, which implies that it is part of an organism (or the entirety of one). 2) In the cell line ontology the term is directly under material entity. However, given the definitional criteria of a plasma membrane and maximal connectedness of cell compartments, the cell has been put under object within the ontology.
Examples
- CHO-K1 cell; HeLa cell; T cell isolated from peripheral blood;Freshly isolated hepatocyte; Hematopoietic stem cell isolated from bone marrow
Direct Source
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000000
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
There are currently insufficient constructs to represent cellular components or cell derivation
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
Cell(x) → Object(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘cell’ then x is an ‘object’
Description Logic
constr:Cell ⊑ bfo:object
constr:Cell ⊓ constr:CellCulture ⊑ ⊥
SubClassOf: bfo:object
constr:Cell DisjointWith: (constr:CellCulture, constr:CultureMedium, constr:CulturedCellPopulation)